House Amendment 8607
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2332, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 2, line 5, by striking the word
1 4 <knowingly> and inserting the following: <knowingly,
1 5 with actual knowledge and intent to avoid legal
1 6 obligation,>.
1 7 #2. Page 3, by inserting after line 11 the
1 8 following:
1 9 <Sec. . Section 726.5, Code 2005, is amended to
1 10 read as follows:
1 11 726.5 NONSUPPORT.
1 12 A person, who being able to do so, fails or refuses
1 13 to provide support for the person's child or ward
1 14 under the age of eighteen years for a period longer
1 15 than one year or in an amount greater than five
1 16 thousand dollars commits nonsupport; provided that no
1 17 person shall be held to have violated this section who
1 18 fails to support any child or ward under the age of
1 19 eighteen who has left the home of the parent or other
1 20 person having legal custody of the child or ward
1 21 without the consent of that parent or person having
1 22 legal custody of the child or ward. Support, for the
1 23 purposes of this section, means any support which has
1 24 been fixed by court order, or, in the absence of any
1 25 such order or decree, the minimal requirements of
1 26 food, clothing or shelter. Nonsupport is a class "D"
1 27 felony.>
1 28 #3. Title page, line 5, by inserting after the
1 29 word <program> the following: <, nonsupport of a
1 30 child or ward, providing for and making criminal
1 31 penalties applicable,>.
1 32 #4. Title page, line 5, by inserting after the
1 33 word <program> the following: <, providing
1 34 penalties,>.
1 35 #5. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
1 36 and correcting internal references as necessary.
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